Congress has awarded its Congressional Gold Medal to those who defended the Capitol on January 6. There will be three group medals, one for the Capitol police, one for the District of Columbia police, and one for other groups who played a part in the Capitol's defense.
The House vote was not unanimous: 21 Republican legislators voted No. One of them was Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.). He was the one who claimed that "If you didn't know the TV footage was a video from January the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit."
Michael Fanone, a DC police officer, was not in a hallway where the invaders stayed between velvet ropes; he was getting a life-threatening beating outside the Capitol entrance. He was also in the Capitol building on the day after the medal vote, and he found himself in an elevator with Representative Clyde. He told the story to Don Lemon, a CNN newsman, on "Don Lemon Tonight."
"I was very cordial," Fanone said. "I extended my hand to shake his hand. He just stared at me. I asked if he was going to shake my hand, and he told me that he didn't who know I was.
"So I introduced myself. I said that I was Officer Michael Fanone. That I was a DC Metropolitan Police officer who fought on January 6 to defend the Capitol and, as a result, I suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as a heart attack after having been tased numerous times at the base of my skull, as well as being severely beaten," Fanone said. "At that point, the congressman turned away from me."
Fanone said that when the elevator door opened, Clyde "ran...like a coward."
Is anyone surprised?
While we're on the subject, here's a quote from David Gosar, a brother of Rep. Paul Gosar, another Republican who voted Nay: "I'd like to thank Officer Fanone ... and the other Capitol Hill police officers for their bravery and heroism on that day....And on behalf of the actual sane members of our family, which is everyone but Paul, we apologize ... for his despicable comments and disgraceful conduct through this whole incident."
That's from Politico, "GOP hands Dems a new line of attack," 6/17/21.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/politics/michael-fanone-us-capitol-insurrection-cnntv/index.html?fbclid=IwAR14vezGJwxaeb8pcK_iuQvzwYAHFr9alqNBYz-zUDqFV6J9DJf1lll3e-0
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